Crystal River current., 1887-03-26

gulch, are being we'll repaid for their
labors, and are taking out quantities
of ore ready for shipment in the
spring. Provisions have commenc-
ed to get short and are being pack
ed up to the mine, from Crested
Butte to keep things moving.
Work upon the Belle of Titus
vile will in all probability be
started up this spring by Mr.. Cop
ley, of Junction City, Kansas. He
intends to run in the lower tunnel
and push work all season, with our
old friend France Armstrong in
charge. This is one of the many
properties that could be made pay
handsomely with a little outlay in
getting things in shape.
: Mr.. o. H. Harker, superinten-
dent Of the Eureka-Nest-E Egg, Lit
tie May and Lost Contact mines,
White Pine, spent Friday in this
city and made many friends. We
have known him several years. He
is one of the best miners in the
state. He is developing these
properties in fine shape and will,
we predict, prove them to be among
the great mines of the state. He
will put new machinery on the lat
ter property and will make big
effort to bring it out. He has I'M
limited capital at his command and
will use it in legitimate work.
while here he contracted with the
Tomichi Valley smelter which will
purchase the ore, taken out in de-
velopment only, an aggregate prob
ably Of $50 tons a month. Gun
nison Review-Press.
We are informed thet Justice &
Knight have succeeded in placing
their property in the hands of a st.
Louis company, andthat operations
will be started up in good shape
on it this season. We hope the
above is true This property is
situated at the head of Yule creek
and shows splendid grade of ga
lena ore, and is in the marble belt
of this section. Several car load
lots were shipped from the proper
ty that gave good returns. The
vein is a contact upon which sever
al other..claims that show up we'll are
located; amongst them are the Gov
enor Tabor, Change, Highland
Mary, Usher and Catalpa all of
which when fully opened up will
be large producers Of the best lead
ore in the Elk Mountains. This
same contact is to be found upon
Crystal and Treasury mountains
where several other claims are To-
Gated that show up good ore.
Never were the prospects of this
district so encouraging as they are
at the present time. The outlook is
simply grand, and eastern capital is
rapidly becoming aware Of the fact
that the mines of this district are
just now outranking, in output and
value, old sections of the state. The
producing mines of the Gold Belt,
which are becoming noted far and
near, are improving each day and
the output of ore is larger and more
valuable than ever in the past. Es-
pecially is this SO of the now cele-
brated Sacramento, Volunteer and
Monitou mines. Additional capa-
city will soon be added to the man.
moth Legal Tender mill in order
that it can treat the output of those
three mines, and the entire district
will in few weeks present an ac-
tivity that will remind one of the
booming days of 1882. That
this district contains vast ore bodies
has been thoroughly demonstrated
within the past few months and
their richness is abundantly proved.
Il [Pitkin News.
During the winter Frank Will
Jams and VIM. Bait kept at work
upon their property, the Silver
link which 10 1oo,+oJ ~, .,,.L